I took Witter back to visit Dr. K this morning. I was thinking he looked better--his scabs are healing, he's not scratching as much, and there might be only one new scab. In a nutshell, the topical Frontline seems to be working.
Dr. K came into the exam room, and after just a quick glance, she, too, could tell he was doing better. She felt him up again, and she thought the "new" scab was an old one.
So we talked about it, and I decided to not go thru with an Ivermectin injection. The big reason was that he had had two topicals on him fairly recently; with the scabs some of them certainly worked into his bloodstream, and I don't want to risk poisoning him. Another factor was, simply, what we were trying was already working--why mess with success?
So, I'll keep the follow up appointment on the fifteenth, unless he takes a major downturn. But I feel real good about Witter--and Dr. K. We probably have a third vet lined up, just in case.
Posted by Publius at September 6, 2003 08:13 PM